Women's History | Round Rock Public Library

1) Ada's algorithm: how Lord Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace launched the digital age

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Behind every great man, there's a great woman; no other adage more aptly describes the relationship between Charles Babbage, the man credited with thinking up the concept of the programmable computer, and mathematician Ada Lovelace, whose contributions, according to Essinger, proved indispensable to Babbage's invention. The Analytical Engine was a series of cogwheels, gear-shafts, camshafts, and power transmission rods controlled by a punch-card system...

2) All the daring of the soldier: women of the Civil War armies

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Leonard, Elizabeth D

3) All the single ladies: unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation

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Traister, Rebecca

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A nuanced investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America. In a provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Award finalist Rebecca Traister, “the most brilliant voice on feminism in the country” (Anne Lamott), traces the history of unmarried and late-married women in Amerca who, through social, political, and economic means, have radically shaped our nation. In 2009, the award-winning journalist Rebecca...

4) american jezebel the uncommon life of anne hutchin

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5) Are women human?

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Sayers, Dorothy L

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"One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whether or not what she wanted to do was ordinarily understood to be "feminine.' Sayers did not devote a great deal of time to talking or writing about feminism, but she did explicitly address the issue of women's role in society in the two classic essays collected here.". "Central to Sayers's reflections is the conviction that both men and women are first...

6) The astronaut wives club: a true story

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Koppel, Lily

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"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter...

7) At the dark end of the street: black women, rape, and resistance- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power

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McGuire, Danielle L

8) A bad woman feeling good: blues and the women who sing them

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Jackson, Buzzy

9) Beloved disciple: the misunderstood legacy of Mary Magdalene, the woman closest to Jesus

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Griffith-Jones, Robin

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A look at Mary Magdalene's role and legacy.

10) Bird Cloud: a memoir

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Proulx, Annie

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"Bird Cloud" is the name the author gave to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie and four hundred foot cliffs plunging down to the North Platte River. On the day she first visited, a cloud in the shape of a bird hung in the evening sky. She also saw pelicans, bald eagles, golden eagles, great blue herons, ravens, scores of bluebirds, harriers, kestrels, elk, deer and a dozen antelope. She fell in love with the land, then owned by the Nature Conservancy,...

11) Bound for the promised land: Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero

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Larson, Kate Clifford

12) Capital dames: the Civil War and the women of Washington, 1848-1868

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Roberts, Cokie

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"Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a ... look at Washington, D.C., and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women during this momentous period of American history"--Amazon.com.

13) Cinderella's big score: women of the punk and indie underground

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Raha, Maria

14) Civil War wives: the lives and times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant

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Berkin, Carol

15) Click: when we knew we were feminists

16) Daughters of the samurai: a journey from East to West and back

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Nimura, Janice P

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"In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan."--Provided by publisher.

17) Dear Abigail: the intimate lives and revolutionary ideas of Abigail Adams and her two remarkable sisters

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Jacobs, Diane

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"For readers of the historical works of Robert K. Massie, David McCulough, and Alison Weir comes the first biography on the life of Abigail Adams and her sisters. "Never sisters loved each other better than we."--Abigail Adams in a letter to her sister Mary, June 1776 Much has been written about the enduring marriage of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail. But few know of the equally strong bond Abigail shared with her sisters, Mary Cranch...

18) Dorothy Parker: what fresh hell is this?

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Meade, Marion

19) elizabeth cady stanton an american life

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20) Extraordinary, ordinary people: a memoir of family

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Rice, Condoleezza

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This volume is the personal account of American political scientist and diplomat Condoleezza Rice's (b. 1954) life and career. Rice served as Secretary of State in the administration of President George W. Bush. Rice was the first female African-American secretary of state, as well as the second African American (after Colin Powell), and the second woman (after Madeleine Albright). Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first...